Homemade Hot Sauce

Ingredients

2poundstomatoes, peeled and chopped

10clovesgarlic, minced

2largewhite onions, minced

5Serrano chili peppers

1slicelemon

salt, to taste

Instructions

Combine the onions, garlic, and tomato in a large saucepan. Cook over medium heat. Bring the mixture to a simmer, then turn the heat to low. Simmer until the vegetables are completely soft and the mixture has reduced by almost a half.

While the tomato mixture is simmering, place the peppers on a piece of baking parchment atop a small baking sheet.

Roast the peppers at 450 degrees until they are blistered all over.

Allow the peppers to cool enough to handle.

Cut off the top of the peppers with the stem. Scrape out some of the seeds if you want to reduce the heat. Pull off whatever skin is loose and discard the skin.

Chop the peppers a bit with a chef’s knife.

Work your fingers into the lemon slice to help neutralize any heat that may be lingering there.

Place the finished tomato mixture and the roasted peppers in a blender or food processor. Blend it to as smooth a mixture as you like.

Store the salsa in an air-tight, nonporous container in the refrigerator....